____________ created the Telegraph

Why was the Pony Express Important?

• It was used for transporting goods instead of mail
• It provided a fast and reliable way to deliver mail and communication between the East and West coasts of the United States.
• It only operated within a single state
• It was a slow and unreliable service

Newspapers in the 1860's were......?

• so expensive that the poor stole the papers before the rich could get to them

• so affordable that everyone could get them

• popular with the rich but not the poor

• not popular

When did Rebecca Harding publish her first book?

• 1861

• 1794

• 1856

• 1866

When was the Pony express founded?

• 1930

• 1840

• 1811

• 1860

When was the Astor house created?

• 1830

• 2024

• 2026

• 1836

This method of communication became vitally important by the end of the nineteenth century because of its use in coordinating rail travel.

• telegraph

• telephone

• television

• pony express

When did the first iron mill open

• 1743

• 1874

• 1894

• 1852